Gøsta Esping-Andersen

Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Gøsta Esping-Andersen
	Esping-Andersen in 2016
Born	24 November 1947; Næstved, Denmark
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen; University of Wisconsin–Madison;
Thesis	Social Class, Social Democracy and State Policy
Doctoral advisor	Gerald Marwell
Influences	Karl Polanyi; September Group;
Academic work
Discipline	Political science; sociology;
Sub-discipline	Policy studies;
Institutions	Harvard University; European University Institute; Pompeu Fabra University; Bocconi University;
Main interests	Comparative social policy; power resource theory;
Notable works	The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism (1990)
Notable ideas	Welfare regimes
Influenced	Robert E. Goodin;

Gøsta Esping-Andersen (born 24 November 1947) is a Danish sociologist whose primary focus has been on the welfare state and its place in capitalist economies. Jacob Hacker describes him as the "dean of welfare state scholars". Over the past decade his research has moved towards family demographic issues. A synthesis of his work was published as Families in the 21st Century (Stockholm, SNS, 2016).

Esping-Andersen is a pioneer of power resource theory.